From mmuller@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Sep 01 00:41:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!mmuller From: mmuller@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marisol Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Sep01.004153.8654@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 00:41:53 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Marisol Müller | mmuller@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 37A9 15D9 ACE1 022D "Keep the channels open." From nmacdonald@illinois.edu Mon Sep 02 08:35:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!nmacdonald From: nmacdonald@illinois.edu (Nadia MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Sep02.083553.6014@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 08:35:53 GMT References: <1996Sep01.004153.8654@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Sep01.004153.8654@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mmuller@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marisol Müller) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Nadia MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From nramirez@inria.fr Tue Sep 03 05:25:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!nramirez From: nramirez@inria.fr (Nadine Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Sep03.052553.8371@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 05:25:53 GMT References: <1996Sep01.004153.8654@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep01.004153.8654@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mmuller@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marisol Müller) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Nadine Ramírez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From ctanaka@earthlink.net Tue Sep 03 11:41:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!ctanaka From: ctanaka@earthlink.net (Callum Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Sep03.114153.1120@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 11:41:53 GMT References: <1996Sep01.004153.8654@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Sep02.083553.6014@illinois.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep02.083553.6014@illinois.edu>, nmacdonald@illinois.edu (Nadia MacDonald) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). That's why it hits you in the uncanny valley. Your ears tell you it's a real woman singing her heart out, but your brain detects the mechanical precision. -- Callum Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From nweber@uu.net Wed Sep 04 01:51:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!nweber From: nweber@uu.net (Nadia Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Sep04.015153.2070@uu.net> Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 01:51:53 GMT References: <1996Sep01.004153.8654@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Sep03.052553.8371@inria.fr> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep03.052553.8371@inria.fr>, nramirez@inria.fr (Nadine Ramírez) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Nadia Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0